Scars: A Short Story

Managing to climb quicker than both of my rivals, I weathered the fast-paced trek up the rock climbing wall on the school playground. Competing against me were two boys, both of whom mocked me for daring to challenge their athletic capabilities: they believed the girls were unable to beat them in anything. Little did they know, my parents raised me to believe that I was capable of doing anything I put my mind to. My hands shook vigorously as I took hold of the pegs and my feet ached inside of my pink light-up sneakers, but I was determined to make it to the top.

The short stories “Scars” by Don Aker and “Ashes” by Susan Beth Pfeffer are both talking about the relationships between fathers and their child. The relationships between fathers and their child change almost opposite at the end of the story because the main characters learn from their experiences. Daniel, the protagonist of “Scars”, was having a weak relationship with his father, however, an accident made Daniel realizes something about his father which made their relationship stronger. Ashleigh, the main character of “Ashes”, loved her father however, a request that Ashes’ father made led Ashes feel disappointed about her father. Both Daniel and Ashleigh learn the same amount because they learn the lessons that can affect their life.

Have you ever went through a heartbreak? Do you remember detail by detail a certain event. Do you get sad or happy when that memory comes to mind? Daniel Halpern in his poem “Scars” uses symbolism to talk about these subjects because it tends to move on a deeper level and bring a subconscious connection to the poem, he uses foreshadowing to let the reader’s know something important is coming up, lastly the author uses flashback to present past information relevant to present situations. Using all the literary elements Daniel Halpern creates a relatable poem discussing scars and how they remind you of your stories even when your heart can’t. Your scars are part of who you are as much as your heartbreak. The heart doesn’t remind you of what you need to remember, a scar can come from a good and bad experience. In the poem “Scars” by Daniel Halpern, he uses symbolism, foreshadowing, and flashbacks creating a strong, powerful theme, you will always remember your past experiences.

Everything around me began to blur, including the line between reality and something strange, a place where nothing exists. I could feel myself detaching, but there was nothing I could do to stop it. I was unplugged and could not find the cord to reconnect myself, my thoughts were screaming over one another and it became impossible to single one out. Everything was fake in that moment, my memories, my feelings, my family, my friends, it was all a hoax that I was stuck in, that I had to be released from. Feeling deceived and unhinged, I remained inert and supine in bed. I covered my face, which was daubed with my tears, and listened to my thoughts all telling me the same thing. I sat up and began to wobble towards the stairs. I heard my sister call out, “I’m leaving Emma!”, and my anxiety intensified. Everything blurred into a combination of panic and tears as my sister tried to calm me down. It took hours to bring me back to

The connotation with a scar is often a mark of physical damage to one’s skin, but a scar can also be psychological or emotional damage. Scars are seen as that something bad or wrong has happened but every scar also tells a story, a lesson even. We usually do not think the ones we love, or used to love, could be the ones who can scar us. In my last relationship, I loved the girl with all of my heart. I loved her so much that her views soon became my own and I began to lose my sense of self. What I learned from that relationship is what has shaped me into the person I am today.

Other marks such as a scar or tattoo may have some meaning behind it such as what the person had experienced or endured.

The marks are both a permanent reminder of a horrible time in someone’s life. They were used to identify someone as part of a bad group of people. It also showed that someone ‘owned’ you and everyone will always see you as your mark, no matter if you willing recieved it like some rebels or not.

As an infant, Harry James Potter was given a scar after a powerful wizard tries to kill him. However, his mother was willing to die for her son, and her love protected Harry from Voldemort. Because of this, Harry Potter survived with a small scar on his forehead, and Lord Voldemort disappeared without a trace. In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor, he states that in most stories a character’s strange marks and shapes signifies that they have an important role. Therefore, Harry’s battle scar indicates not only his past but also his future. Foster notes that the markings indicate the damage life inflicts. For example, when Harry first came into the wizard world, most people knew who he was because

My stomach twisted and scrunched up into knots after gazing up at the structure. The dreaded day had finally come: the day that I would conquer the high ropes course at summer camp. As a fourteen-year old girl who was frightened by heights of any kind, strapping on a harness and climbing up a bunch of shaky poles and shivering wires was definitely the last thing I wanted to do. Nonetheless, peer pressure got the best of me, so in order to satisfy my friends and to avoid being teased, I made the decision that I would climb up the ropes course no matter how much the voice in my head screamed at me to stop.

In "Good Scars" Rhenna Murray makes sure you feel the pain she is going through about her dead sister Janis. Murray makes it clear that getting a tattoo on behalf the memory of her sister is not an easy decision for the pain she will be going through. Although she also explains that maybe the pain of the tattoo will fade away the pain in her heart. After she gets her tattoo done Murray explains that now she feels her sister is always with her by just looking at her tattoo even though she still has hopes to cross paths with her when she is out in the street. A tattoo is a permanent scar but at the end it is a good scar.

I tumble down the stairs shrieking when I hit each step. The stairs are a spiraled staircase so my head was hitting the metal rails as well. I finally reached the bottom. When I woke up I saw nobody, I couldn’t even see. I started freaking out. Then I felt a little pinching sensation at my calf then suddenly I fell back asleep. I woke up to hear that my wife had a baby.

“She wondered why some people showed scars and others not at all. ”(Kerslake 18) Quoted from Peggy, but the things is all scars show, just not all can be seen with a blink of an eye? Under all that skin and bone every living things has, there is a place inside they’re mind making them go insane from all the emotional trauma and guilt there

“The marks humans leave are too often scars,” Augustus says. This means that we try to leave something behind to be remembered, too often though, it is scars. We want to be remembered, but whenever we get close to someone we leave a mark on them. Augustus Waters wants to be remembered as someone great and has made a mark on many people. Hazel Grace on the other hand has very few friends. Her goal is to keep the casualties to a minimum. She knows that one day the cancer is going to win and she doesn't want a lot of people to be there when the inevitable happens. Hazel and Gus's relationship has a couple of pauses due to Hazel not wanting to leave a mark on Gus that will later become a scar. Unfortunately, these scars come

A dull clank of metal armour on fire-hardened brick echoed over the desolate courtyard as a cloaked man laid his back against the wall of the blacksmith’s hut. The sound was easily muffled by the barrier of thick boar’s hide that sheltered his ironclad figure from the faint drizzle that trickled down from the heavens overhead. His hood was up and his face was tilted down as he lounged on the ground, lithe legs sprawled in front of him and back hunched. To a bystander, he looked like any other off-duty knight, one that was most likely napping in the temperate summer rain. However, this knight was very much awake and wary of his surroundings.

Darius a class mate and friend that I don’t associate with at all after school was there. He, as I saw it was standing on top of two bars that no one is supposed to be near. Those bars that still are restricted to kids and adults alike are a part of a swing set playground hybrid; that had monkey bar extensions. Darius is a dare devil. When he was dared jump I knew that he was going to jump; he never liked being called a chicken and would do most dares. As he wound up for the leap, one thought was running through my mind he was going to die or break a leg. Even though this was serious everyone was smiling and some were laughing even me. At that time I just thought that if he was to jump he would make it but I tried to stop him anyway. Now you must be wondering how high up he is and what is he jumping on to and how far away it is and if his shoes slip or something happens to him. He was